Looking for a good microphone (my knowledge about them = nothing)

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I'm looking for a good microphone to use for recording on my 8-track at home...it will be used for vocals, but I'll also be setting it up near my amp and recording the guitar so I don't have to plug straight into the 8-track itself.

What are some of the best mics I can get for $150 or less? Under 100 would be ideal, but I don't know if you can get a good mic for that cost.

― Johnathan Redgers (Pearl Hooch), Sunday, 11 February 2007 00:31 (eighteen years ago)

Non-condenser - Audix i5 (should be about $100). All the characteristics of the 57 with better feedback rejection and more durable.

Condenser - something from MXL, probably, although it depends on how loud your amp is when recording.

You might want to post your question on this board instead:

http://ilx.wh3rd.net/newanswers.php?board=12

― John Justen hai gotha ah c'fhalma jungian hamster geb uaaah (johnjusten), Sunday, 11 February 2007 00:40 (eighteen years ago)

Sorry...what are the differences between a condenser and non-condenser mic? (I really do know nothing..) My amp will probably be pretty loud and distorted while recording...which type would be better for that?

― Johnathan Redgers (Pearl Hooch), Sunday, 11 February 2007 00:47 (eighteen years ago)

sHURE 58.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 11 February 2007 00:55 (eighteen years ago)

I came in the door, I said it before, I never let the mic magnetize me no more.

― the kwisatz bacharach (sanskrit), Sunday, 11 February 2007 00:57 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone

(Particularly sections 3.1 and 3.2)

I use a Røde NT1 for vox and acoustic instruments, Shure SM57 to mic (sorry, Beth - "mike") gtr amps (though I don't have much experience of that).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 11 February 2007 13:43 (eighteen years ago)

if loud ye be, an sm57 for thee.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 11 February 2007 13:49 (eighteen years ago)

U47!!!!!!!

― electricsound, Thursday, 22 February 2007 00:07 (eighteen years ago)

oktava, based on nothing other than I like the name and aesthetic.

― Ed, Thursday, 22 February 2007 00:13 (eighteen years ago)

Vocals and amp-miking call for pretty different types of microphones. My main piece of advice is this: a microphone that works for your amp is way more likely to provide a decent vocal sound than a vocal microphone is likely to get you a decent guitar sound.

(Getting a workable vocal sound is easier because we're very used to dealing with a wide variety of human voices; even a telephone-effect vocal is still perfectly listenable and understandable. Whereas guitar tones usually make up way more of the sound backbone, and if they sound too tinny or weird or whatever, the whole thing breaks down.)

― nabisco, Thursday, 22 February 2007 02:15 (eighteen years ago)

a secondhand beyer m88 might be had for under $150... i paid $90ish for mine and i love it - the idea of a mic that sounds good on both voice and kick drum gives me a shiver of excitement for some reason.

on another tangent, i rented a pair of U67s for a session i did on the weekend and dear god i love those things. if i had a spare $4000....

― electricsound, Thursday, 22 February 2007 02:31 (eighteen years ago)

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